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Delaware’s TANF State Plan 10-1-2017 to 9-30-2020

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used for determining program effectiveness and making program design changes. The system was updated to a web-based system in 2015.

Employment and Training Hours and Work Activities

Families are required to participate in a minimum number of hours of approved employment and training activities each week. The chart below specifies the number of hours required each week by family- type. Participation for two consecutive weeks at the required number of hours in either employment or other activities related to finding work is a condition of eligibility for TANF benefits for families with work mandatory individuals. Once this condition and other eligibility requirements are met, benefits are retroactive to the first day of the two-week up-front participation period.

Family Type Required Employment & Training Hours Per Week One Parent Home with Child(ren) under 6 years old 20 One Parent Home with Child(ren) over 6 years old 30 Two Parent Home 40

Job search and structured job readiness activities continue for another two weeks for individuals who do not find unsubsidized employment for at least the required hours. Individuals who do not find employment within the first four weeks of job search are assigned to work experience activities, and/or other employment and training activities.

Single parent households that are participating in work experience are required to participate up to 30 (or 20) hours per week. Work experience hours are determined by dividing TANF and Food Supplement benefits by the Delaware minimum wage. If the hours determined by dividing the grants by the minimum wage exceed 30 hours per week, participants are to complete no more than 30 participation hours. If the maximum allowable hours are less than 30 hours per week, participants are to complete the FLSA allowed number of work experience hours, but must make up the difference needed to meet their hours of participation requirement with other countable activities.

Two-parent families assigned to work experience must engage in up to 40 hours per week, determined by dividing TANF and Food